Willis Tower Chicago Renewal, Skyscraper Architecture, Improvement, Architect, Date, Height, Designer
Willis Tower Building
Key Chicago High-Rise Building Renovation, Illinois, USA: Super Tall – original design by SOM, Architects
13 Feb 2017
Willis Tower Renovations
Location: Wacker Drive, Chicago, USA

Date originally built: 1973

Original Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill – SOM
Tallest tower in north America
City officials have revealed numerous improvements for Chicago?s tallest building, 233 S. Wacker Drive – the Willis Tower.
winter garden:

Totaling up to $500 million, the renovations will include six floors of new retail space, an outdoor deck and a winter garden?all intended to entice tourists into the Tower, report www.dnainfo.com. Other potential new amenities include a rooftop skating rink and a 50,000 square foot digital attraction. Officials said that 5,000 Skydeck tickets will be given each year to Chicago schools. $100,000 will be donated to Project Pipeline, a program for young people. Wacker Drive entry:

Renderings courtesy of Blackstone Group; by Equity Office
The project, which is spearheaded by the building?s owners the Blackstone Group L.P., will begin this month and end in the summer of 2019. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the project should create 2,500 jobs.
winter garden entrance:

Blackstone Group L.P. bought the tower, the world’s tallest until 1996, nearly two years ago with plans to improve its retail shops and 103rd...